Window



(No Model.)

J. S. FORD.

WINDOW, PICTURE, OR OTHER FRAMES.

,512; Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn,

JAMES S. FORD, OF IRVING COLLEGE, TEXNESSEE.

WINDOW, PICTURE, OR OTHER FRAME.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 3 dated Septembe 1387- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES S. FORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irving 9 means whereby the glass may be secured in place in the said frames without the use of points, putty,ortacks; and it consists in grooving the inner edges of the sash rails and stiles and constructing one of the said rails so as to be removable, to enable the same to be taken out.

My invention consists, further,in certain details of construction,hereinafter more fully de scribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a sash embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line g g of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a front elevation on asmaller scale showing the top rail removed. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the horizontal stile.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of the sash, comprising the bottom rail, B, the siderails, O O, and the removable top or meetings rail, D, all of which rails are grooved on the inner edges to receive the glass.

E designates the vertical, and F the horizontal,stiles or strips for the glass, grooved on both sides, the said horizontal strips being removable, as shown'in Fig. 4. The said edges of the rails or strips are beveled or beaded, as seen at c c, to give a finish to the appearance of the sash, and the ends of the horizontal strips are grooved or recessed to fit the said beveled or beaded edges and slide thereon. The upper ends of the strips E are extended to form tenons e, and the top rail, D, is correspondinglymortisedto receive the said tenons.

To put the glass in place remove the top rail and the horizontal strips and slide the lower sheets of glass down in the grooves, replace the strips F, insert the upper sheets of glass, and replace the top rail in position.

If the meeting-rail of the lower sash is removable, there is no necessity for-any fastening thereto, as the tenons will hold it in place; but in cases where it is needed I provide either the straps or plates G, secured across thejoint between the side and top rail, or the hook and stud H, in the same position, both of which are shown in their operative positions in the drawings, Fig. 1. Other means of securement may be used in this connection,and I do not limit myself to those named.

It will be .seen from the foregoing that a broken pane of glass may be replaced in a very short space of time by a mere novice,and when in place willbe as secure as if secured by the ordinary points and putty. Further, by the means herein described a sash is made similar on both sides, and consequently reversible, this being an advantage from the fact that the side of a sash which is exposed to the weather is more liable to decay than the other, and therefore if the sash is reversed it will obviously outlast two which cannot be re versed.

It will be seen that if the sash is provided with only one or two panes the same manner of securing them in place may be employed as herein described, and there is much less liability of breaking the said pane in putting it in place in the said manner than there is when they are fastened with putty. This means of securing glass may be applied to mirrors, pictures, 850., and will be found very effective and a great saving of time.

I am aware thatheretofore sashes have been constructed with a removable rail, and that there have been grooves formed in the inner edges of the rails to receive the glass, and I therefore do not claim this, broadly 5 but I am not aware that the peculiar construction herein described has been heretofore employed, having special reference to the movable horizontal strips, having the recessed ends to slide on the beaded edges of the vertical rails and stiles, the vertical stiles provided with tenons to enter mortises in the movable rail and hold it thus without additional secureinent, and the edges, the horizontal strips having the grooved 15 or recessed ends to slide on the said beaded edges, the removable rail D, and devices,substantially as described, for securing said removable rail in place, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES s. FORD.

Witnesses:

THos. S. MYERs, O. A. HOPKINS. 

